UK News – Page 5
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NewsAkinola Davies Jr, Laura Carreira among 2025 Bafta Breakthrough UK cohort
’Grand Theft Hamlet’ co-director Pinny Grylls and star of BBC series ’What It Feels Like For A Girl’ Ellis Howard have also made the line-up.
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NewsSpeakers call for radical overhaul of UK film and TV sector at British Screen Forum
Speakers at the annual conference included Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis, Access Entertainment’s Danny Cohen and writer-director Richard Curtis.
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NewsNile Entertainment, Sovereign Films partner on UK-Ireland ‘Son Of The Soil’ release
EXCLUSIVE: The Nigeria-set action film will hit cinemas on December 5.
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NewsSpend on UK-produced films falls 18% in January-September 2025
Total spend on UK film and high-end TV production increased by 17% for the period, driven by high-end TV.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Universal’s ‘Wicked: For Good’ flies into 745 sites
Jon M. Chu’s musical is the second widest release in UK-Ireland so far this year.
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NewsVenice documentary winner ‘Remake’ acquired for international sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film began buyer conversations at IDFA this week.
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News‘Warfare’, ‘Die My Love’, ‘Pillion’ among Bifa 2025 craft winners
‘The Ballad Of Wallis Island’ and ‘I Swear’ have also landed early wins.
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NewsGlobal Constellation animation ‘Charlie The Wonderdog’ sells for UK-Ireland, France and more
EXCLUSIVE: Altitude will release in UK-Ireland.
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NewsPrimetime, Picturehouse partner on agent programme for underrepresented filmmakers
EXCLUSIVE: Partnership will launch with an event at Picturehouse Central in January 2026.
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NewsVertigo Releasing launches UK-Ireland premium home entertainment label
EXCLUSIVE: Label will kick off with premium UHD and Blu-ray versions of Kevin Smith’s ’Dogma’ remaster; followed by ‘Good Boy’.
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NewsUK creative industries minister commits to improving access to British Business Bank for film producers
Ian Murray also declared his full support for the BBC: “We have to save the BBC”.
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NewsHammer Films owner John Gore Studios acquires UK genre pioneer Tyburn Film Productions
EXCLUSIVE: Deal expands John Gore Studios’ existing IP catalogue and paves the way for future remakes and adaptations of Tyburn films.
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NewsUK’s Screen Cornwall launches £2.5m film and TV fund
Former Great Point, Protagonist Pictures and Independent Film Sales exec Nada Cirjanic has joined as investment manager.
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NewsAdvance ticket sales of ‘Wicked: For Good’ are double that of ‘Wicked’, say UK exhibitors
Both chains and independent venues are reporting rapid sales.
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NewsPathé relaunches English-language film business, names Ben Browning president of global film
Former FilmNation exec relocates from Los Angeles to London.
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NewsSara Frain to lead Picturehouse’s UK distribution arm; Clare Binns becomes creative director
Clare Binns to transition into a part-time role as creative director at UK exhibitor and distributor.
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News‘Now You See Me 3’ pips ‘The Running Man’ in close UK-Ireland box office battle
Sky Cinema’s ‘Nuremberg’ opens in top five; ‘Christmas Karma’ in top 10.
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News‘The Outrun’, ‘On Falling’ lead winners at Bafta Scotland awards
Saoirse Ronan and James McArdle won the acting prizes.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office: ‘The Running Man’, ‘Now You See Me 3’ open in busy weekend for new titles
Further releases include ‘Nuremberg’, ‘Christmas Karma’ and horror title ‘Keeper’.
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NewsNeon takes Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Sheep In The Box’ for US, UK and Australia
Neon previously released the Japanese auteur’s ‘Broker’.